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Encapsulating virtual area based communicant assemblies

US9514444B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2012
Grant dateDec 6, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1097
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Realtime communications between communicants in a virtual area are administered. Assemblies of copresent communicants in the virtual area are detected. For each of respective ones of the detected assemblies, a respective meeting object linked to information relating to communicant interactions in the assembly is generated. Respective meeting summary data is determined based on the information linked to selected ones of the meeting objects. The determined meeting summary data is transmitted to a network node for display. A visualization of summaries of respective assemblies of copresent communicants in the virtual area is presented on a display.

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